Lenka Clayton, Katherine Vetne and Nanci Amaka present powerful work exploring concepts of femininity and creation in the age ...

Get to know the Sobey Art Award finalist from the Atlantic region, who uses fabric to make portraits of memories, dreams and ...

Maria Lai (1919–2013) once said, “I wasn’t born in Sardinia—I am Sardinia.” This declaration captures the essence of an artist who fused the ancient traditions of her native island with radical ...

The "story of textiles is the story of human ingenuity," wrote Virginia Postrel, author of "The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World." We may not notice, but much of our language—and ...

There seems to be a strange, unspoken idea floating around in 21st-century discourse that history, or at least meaningful history, began around the year 1700 – or 1800, or in the most egregious cases, ...

Sometimes, a piece of cloth contains more than the intertwining threads of its weave. It is a ruffling flag of status, spun from silk and fashioned to sartorial perfection. It is a canvas of personal ...

Quilting and embroidery have long been sidelined as domestic labor, or “women’s work,” at best appreciated as folk art. But these crafts are finding their way into the fine arts and a new exhibition ...

Faith Ringgold is renowned for her story quilts, which combine fabric and embroidery with painted tableaux of scenes around ...

Yes, Spirit. I’ll go …” recently arrived at the Whitney Plantation in Wallace. Created by Leia Lewis, an educator, artist and self-described “light-bringer” and “cultural architect,” ...

The Vikings of legend were fearless male warriors who raided coastal towns across Europe. But archaeological research shows that Viking women were just as integral to the expansion of Viking society ...